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Sporastatia crassulata, a new species from the Altai Mountains with a key to Sporastatia and remarks on some additional species

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 July 2018

Lidia S. YAKOVCHENKO
Affiliation:
Federal Scientific Center of the East Asia Terrestrial Biodiversity FEB RAS, Vladivostok 690022, Russian Federation
Evgeny A. DAVYDOV
Affiliation:
Altai State University - Herbarium (ALTB), Lenin Prosp. 61, Barnaul 656049, Russian Federation; Tigirek State Nature Reserve, Nikitina Str. 111, Barnaul 656043, Russian Federation. Email: eadavydov@yandex.ru

Abstract

Sporastatia crassulata Yakovchenko & Davydov sp. nov. is described and a phylogenetic analysis (mtSSU) is presented, confirming its distinctness and indicating a sister relationship with S. testudinea. The species is unique among Sporastatia species in having a distinctly squamulose, thick, uneven thallus composed of convex, rounded squamules irregularly ascending in the central part of the thallus. The new combination Sporastatia karakorina (Poelt & Obermayer) Davydov & Yakovchenko is proposed. The type specimen of S. subasiatica was examined. A key to the six species of Sporastatia is given. Mountainous Central Asia appears to be the centre of species diversity and endemism for Sporastatia.

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© British Lichen Society, 2018 

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